Following the elections of Beverley Wakem and Alan Lai to Executive roles with the I.O.I. Board in October 2010, Chronox Manek was appointed new Regional Vice President of the APOR region. 

Former Greek Ombudsman Giorgos Kaminis was elected Mayor of Athens in the Greek local elections that took place on 14 November 2010.

A first round of training for staff members of ombudsman institutions has started today at the I.O.I. General Secretariat in Vienna. The educational program is based on the format “Sharpening Your Teeth” that was successfully invented by the Ontario Ombudsman André Marin in 2005. The specific I.O.I. edition is held in English and offers a three-day training on systemic investigations. It brings together administrative watchdogs from 18 different countries from all over the world.

The Irish Ombudsman, Emily O'Reilly, has laid before the Dáil and Seanad a report entitled 'WHO CARES? An Investigation into the Right to Nursing Home Care in Ireland.' This investigation is based on 1,200 complaints received over 25 years regarding the right to long-term nursing home care for older people.

After nine years as Local Government Ombudsman (LGO), Tony Redmond will retire from the post on 11 November 2010

Not quite middle-aged but at a point well beyond the self-defining years, the Ontario Ombudsman’s Office turned 35 years young, and marked the occasion with a gathering attended by Ministers, MPPs, and other distinguished guests

On 7 October 2010, Mr Konstantin Penchev was elected to the post of Ombudsman by the Bulgarian Parliament. Mr Penchev replaces the previous Ombudsman, Mr Guinio Ganev, who did not stand for re-election. Mr Penchev has been President of the Supreme Administrative Court of Bulgaria since 2004.